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Writing in the intensely lyrical prose style that is his trademark, the man Jean Cocteau dubbed France's 'Black Prince of Letters' her reconstructs his early adult years- time he spent as a petty criminal and vagabond, traveling through Spain and Antwerp, occasionally border hopping across the rest of Europe, always one step ahead of the authorities.
About the Author
Jean Genet was born in Paris in 1910. An illegitimate child who never knew his parents, he was abandoned to the Public Assistance Authorities. He was ten when he was sent to a reformatory for stealing; thereafter he spent time in the prisons of nearly every country he visited in thirty years of prowling through the European underworld. With ten convictions for theft in France to his credit he was, the eleventh time, condemned to life imprisonment. Eventually he was granted a pardon by President Auriol as a result of appeals from France's leading artists and writers led by Jean Cocteau.$$$His first novel, Our Lady of the Flowers, was written while he was in prison, followed by Miracle of the Rose, the autobiographical The Thief's Journal, Querelle of Brest and Funeral Rites. He wrote six plays: The Balcony, The Blacks, The Screens, The Maids, Deathwatch and Splendid's (the manuscript of which was rediscovered only in 1993). Jean Genet died in 1986.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1967
- ISBN 10 0140025820
- ISBN 13 9780140025828
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageFrench
- Edition number1
- Number of pages224
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The thief's journal / Jean Genet ; translated by Bernard Frechtman
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Reprint. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled, nicked and rubbed as with age. Creased cover, bumped corners. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 223 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 20 cm. Notes; This translation originally published, London: Blond, 1965. Originally published as 'Journal du voleur'. Paris: Gallimard, 1949. Subjects; Genet, Jean 1910-1986. Autobiographical fiction, French ; Translations into English. French literature ; Translations into English. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 415564
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